Ok, I know that this topic has been kicked in the ribs over and over but I am one of hundreds if not thousands of new grads (A.A.S) and I can not find a job due to lack of nursing experience. I worked as an EMT for 3 years and have worked for the last five years as a video technician in an operating room. Not even the hospital that I have worked in for the last 5 years will hire me. I'm sure this has been asked before but does volunteering at a hospital count as experience? I don't know what to do anymore, I'm starting to think I went into the wrong field.